analogist

See also: analōgist

English

Etymology

analogy +‎ -ist

Noun

analogist (plural analogists)

1. One who reasons from analogy, or represents by an analogy.

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Translations

one who reasons from analogy, or represents by an analogy

• Portuguese: analogista m or f
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “analogist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• antigoals, galtonias, nostalgia